Dental phobia/anxiety

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Barriers for confidence

Margaret Black discusses battling dental anxiety.

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A calm atmosphere

Alistair Mayoh details how to create a trusting environment.

Tailoring advice

Jacob Watwood emphasises the need for personal patient support to improve oral health.

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Teenage dental patients stressed by anaesthetic injections

Anaesthetics injected into the mouth before tooth extraction in orthodontic treatment can cause children to be very stressed, found a University of...

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Behavioural therapy app developed to help patients overcome dental fear

A new app created by researchers at NYU College of Dentistry and Penn School of Dental Medicine uses smartphones and virtual reality to help people...

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LED screens used to soothe anxious patients

Going to the Witney dental clinic has been made a lot more relaxing following the addition of special LED ceiling screens that show either a soothing...

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Managing patient anxiety with sedation intervention

Dr Vee Shathur breaks down mechanisms to manage anxiety in the dental surgery and knowing when to intervene with sedation.

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Woman uses chewing gum to fill gap created by missing front teeth

A woman with her two front teeth missing has revealed how she uses chewing gum to fill the gap – a form of DIY dentistry.

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Five dental complications you can develop by not visiting the dentist regularly

However, putting off a visit to your dentist could be doing more harm than good.

Managing paediatric dental anxiety

Sabrina Pahal explores the role of dental nurses in delivery of inhalation sedation to paediatric patients

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84% of all adults at an increased risk of tooth decay

​Figures collected by the Oral Health Foundation and Colgate-Palmolive show that more than four-in-five (84%) of all adults in the UK fall into groups...

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Can CBT help children's dental anxiety?

​A pioneering study will investigate whether cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) could help reduce the worryingly high number of children who are...